Before work that afternoon, Tao Anqi brought a stack of documents to the team's office area and called over one of the girls from her team.
"Sister Taotao, what's this?"
"I took the afternoon off. These are what need to be done this afternoon. Could you handle them for me?"
"Sure... But why so sudden? Is something wrong?"
"There's something going on at home, so I'm going back for a bit... If nothing happens, I should be back on Sunday." Tao Anqi spoke quickly.
But seeing that she was already dressed, with her bag on her back, it was obvious she was ready to leave the company... The girl could only look helplessly on. Their weekend plans would probably have to be canceled.
Tao Anqi left the company and first returned to the apartment she rented. Her train did not depart until 5:20 p.m., so she should arrive around midnight.
She had not originally planned to go back. By the time she booked the ticket, there were no favorable times left, so she had settled for this late train.
Later, she called her younger brother Tao Kai twice. He had sounded somewhat displeased with her. She could have called him instead of calling that place, he said, and asked whether it was really so difficult to make a phone call home.
Tao Anqi suddenly did not know how to answer. She only said silently in her heart: Perhaps it really is difficult.
This seemed to be because of her personality... She did not have Tao Kai's cheerful nature. She had been independent and headstrong since childhood. That was probably hereditary.
Actually, she had long since stopped caring much about those few times before New Year's when she had pretended to be ill. Thinking about it was almost laughable. They were